河北省武邑中学2015-2016学年高一英语下学期暑假作业试题(1)

1、河北省武邑中学2015-2016学年高一英语下学期暑假作业试题（1）阅读理解（共两节，满分 40 分）Linda Evans was my best friend like thesister I n ever had. We did together:piano lessons, movies, swimming, horseback riding.When I was 13, my family moved away. Linda and I kept in touch through letters,and we saw each other on special timelike my

2、 wedd ing（and Lindas. Soonwe were busy with children and moving to new homes, and we wrote less often. One day a card that Isent came back, stamped “Address （地址）Unknown. ” I had no idea how to find Lin da.Over the years, I missed Linda very much. I wan ted to share happ in ess of my childre n and th

3、e ngran dchildre n. And I n eeded to share my sad ness whe n my brother and then mother died. Therewas an empty place in my heart that only a friend like Linda could fill.One day I was read ing a n ewspaper whe n I no ticed a photo of a young woma n who looked verymuchlike Linda and whose last name

4、was Wagman Linda s married name.“There must be thousands of Wagmans, ” I thought, butI still wrote to her.She called as soon as she got myletter. “Mrs Tobin! ” she said excitedly, Linda Evans Wagma nis my mother. ”Minuteslater I heard a voice that I knew very much, even after 40 years, laughedand cr

5、ied and caught up on each other s lives. Now the empty place in my heart is filled. And there s one thing that Linda and I know for sure: We won t lose eachother aga in!1. The writer went to piano lessons with Linda Evans_ .A. at the age of 13B. before she got marriedC. after they moved to new homes

6、D. before the writer s familymoved away2. They didn t often write to each other because they_ .A. got marriedB. had little time to do soC. didn t like writing lettersD. could see each other onspecial time3. There was an empty place in the writersA. was in troubleC. received the card that she sentin

7、the writers heart be cause she_ .B. didn t know Linda s addressD. didn t have a friend like Linda to share her happin ess or sadness4. The writer was happy when she_A. read the n ewspaperB. heard Linda s voice on thepho neC. met a young woma n who looked a lot like LindaD. wrote to the woma n whose

8、last n ame was Wagma neverything25. They haven t kept in touch_A. for about 40 yearsC. since they got marriedB. for about 27 yearsD since the writer s familymoved awayThere was an old woman who liked to bake（ 烘焙）cookies. She didn t have anyone to share themwith, so she just gave them away to the chi

9、ldren in the neighborhood.3This went on for several years and the cookiesbecame quite popular, especially atChristmas time. The parents began to like the cookies as much as the children did,and the old woman s kitchen became very busy, so the children came to help.Then one Christmas the old womanbec

10、ame ill.There were no cookies, and there was nomoney to pay the doctor. The children were very sad. Later they had a bright idea, that is, to bakecookies from the old woman s recipe （食谱）.So the children started a cookie store. Soon they had avery good cookie bus in ess, with money to pay the doctor

11、as well as to put in the bank.After the old womangot well, she was asked to be the manager of the store, selling special cookies forall the holidays of the year. After the old woman died, the childre n, now grow n up, kept the cookie busin ess alive in her n ame. Maybe life is like a Christmas cooki

12、e. The more you share it with your frien ds,the more you areVjlikely to enjoy it.6. What did the old woma n like to do?A. Buy cookies. B. Bake cookies. C. Sell cookies. D. Eat cookies.7. The childre n came to help the old woma n because_.A. their pare nts wan ted them to do so B. they wan ted to sta

13、rt a cookie storevery busy8. Whe n the old woma n was ill, the childre nB. baked cookies for her to eatC. took turns to look after her D. baked and sold the cookies to pay the doctor9. After the old woma n got well, she was asked to_.A. be the man ager of the cookie store B. give the cookies away to

14、 the poorC. share the cookies with others D. sell the recipe of mak ing cookiesCvkAWhen you have a questi on about someth ing, where do you go? For many people the an swer issimple, as they can go on li ne to a search engine like Google or Yahoo.jrjT J-But what about people in rural or underdevelope

15、d（欠发达）areas who may have no wayto get on the Intern et?A bus in ess and intern atio nal developme nt professor in Califor nia, Rose Shuma n, found an answer for them: Questi on Box. Questi on Box is a service that providesan swers free of charge for people who cannot search the Internet directly. Th

16、eusers of Questions Box might be those who might not be able to read, or simply have no access to theIntern et.Question Box began three years ago in India. People used a metal call box witha push-to-talk butt on to connect a live operator. Rose Schuma nexpla in ed, “ You just n eed to push abig gree

17、 n butt on on the box which will connect you directly to peopleC. they did n t like to go to schoolD. the old woman s kitchen becameA. left her alone4who are sitt ing in front of computers, and speak your Ian guage. You can ask them any kindofquestion you want, and they ll look it up in English or i

18、nHindi, orwhatever the main Ian guage is, and tran slate the an swer back for you.”In April 2013, Questi on Box was in troduced to Ugan da. Forty com muni ty（社区）workers with mobile phones connected villagers to call center operators in Kampala. The com munityworkers went around telli ng people about

19、 the service. They wore T-shirts that said“Ask me. ”But Internet service in Uganda proved slow andun depe ndable. So Questi on Box teamed up with a local tech no logy compa ny to store informationon a local server （服务器）.That way, the researchers in Kampala couldquickly search the database（ 数据库）for a

20、nswers.10. The best title for the passage is_.A. Questi on Box -taking the place of the In ternetB. Needi ng an an swer?ask ing Questio n BoxC. Questi on Box -A great joke in the worldD. Rose ShumanA professor help ing the poor11. In Rose Schuman s opinion, the greatest advantage of Question Box is

21、thatA. It is the most popular in the worldcarry12. What can we know from the passage?A. Questi on Box is more useful in solvi ng problems in un derdeveloped areas.B. Question Box operators can look for information in any Ianguage.C. Questi on Box costs the users much less tha n the Intern et.D. Ques

22、ti on Box can work without the help of the Internet in Ugan da.二完型填空（共 20 小题，每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）I don t often lose things and I m especially careful with money. So I was quite13 when I _14_for my wallet and it wasn t there. 15 I thought it was16 that I could have 17 it at home. Then I remembered taki

23、ng it out to 18 the taxi. So I knew I had it withmejust before I walked into the 19wonderedif it was possible that it could have slipped （滑）out of mypocket while I was eating dinner. Thinkingabout that possibility, I 20 and walked back to the table where I had been sitting. I asked the waiter to goa

24、round the table to see if mywallet was on the 21 . While the waiter was looking for it, the manager of the restaura nt came up tomeand asked meif 22 was 23_ . I did n t wantto get lots of people in volved（卷入）in the 24, but I knew I had to getthe wallet back. I told the 25 what had happened. He 26 me

25、 to describe the wallet to him and the n he insisted that I27 the missing wallet to thepolice. But I didn t want the police to involve in it; 28 ,I was in a hurryB. It is more comfortable toC. It is much easier to useD. it saves much more en ergy529 I had an appointment （约会）with my doctor in just a

26、few minutes. I explained to him that my great30 at the mome nt was how I could pay the bill. He toldme not to worry about that. He had me put 31 my name and 32, and h _6said he would send me a bill.13. A. sadB. angryC.surprisedD. calm14. A. reachedB. wentC. askedD. hoped15. A. FirstB. At firstC. Fir

27、st of allD.Above all16. A. naturalB. certa inC. impossibleD. possible17. A. forgotB. leftC. rema inedD. put18. A. payB. pay forC.spe nd onD. use for19. A. bankB. taxiC.dinnin g-roomD. restaura nt20. A. tur ned aroundB. tur ned backC. retur nedD.retur ned back21. A. taxiB. pocketC. floorD. tableV 22.

28、 A. itB. whatC. someth ingD. anything23. A. wrongB. un fairC.missi ngD. lostJ24. A. i ncide ntB. accide ntC. problemD. questi on25. A. taxi driverB. policema nC. waiterD.man ager26. A. suggestedB.hopedC. askedD.let27. A. reportB. tellC. giveD.hand in28. A. exceptB. besidesC. howeverD. and29. A. beca

29、useB. beforeC. un tilD.so that30. A. i nterestB. worryC. disappo in tme ntD.an ger31. A. outB. offIC. awayD. dow n32. A. car nu mberB. phone nu mberC.addressD.house三(共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分)阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1 个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。r、厂Mr. Wils on in vited some friends to lun ch. She was eager to try a

30、new way of 33(cook) a fish dish, and she was very pleased with herself when the dish was ready.She put it n ear the window 34 (cool) it for a few minu tes because the dish was hot. When she cameback for it, she was 35 (surprise) to find the neighbor s cat by the dish. 36 (fortunate),shecame in time

31、to stop the cat.That afternoon was a great 37 (succeed) and they talked and laughed 38four o clock. At the end of the after noon, whe n she was alone aga in, she felt tired but happy. Shewas sitti ng n ear the win dow 39 she was frighte nedto see hern eighbor 40(carry) the cat, dead. What had happe

32、ned to her frien ds? She atonce called the family doctor. He told her to phone each of her visitors to meethim. After all the phon es, just as she sat dow n, the teleph one rang. 41 was_from her n eighbor,I am so sad. My cat 42 (kill) by a car.”四写作(共两节，满分 35 分)短文改错(共 10 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 10 分)假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以